An Amazon in overalls As the communists swept to power in Russia a group of women led an art revolution of their own. But one of them was more equal than the others. FRANK WHITFORD reports as a London exhibition spotlights her work

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: November 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

IF YOU don't know much about the six Russian artists, all women, whose work can be seen at the Royal Academy, except that one of them once wrote an essay called Today's Fashion is the Worker's Overall, you probably won't want to know much more. Be reassured, however. This revolutionary tract is much more interesting than it sounds and it's also the work of perhaps the most remarkable of this extraordinary bunch of women.

Her name was Varvara Stepanova, and she was not just a painter and printmaker. She was a designer of books, magazines, theatrical productions, clothes and textiles. She was ...

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